50 inmates killed in Iraq prison break

BAGHDA :Fifty inmates and 12 policeman were killed when a riot erupted and dozens
escaped from an Iraqi prison holding hundreds of people jailed for acts of terrorism ,security
and police officials said on Saturday.

The deaths occurred on site at the Al-Khalis prison ,about 80 km northest of

Baghdad ,and during a manhunt for the fugitive convicts overnight ,said the officials.

The officials said AL- khalis held about 300 people convicted of terrorism cases are
mainly linked to Islamist militants ,including Islamic state ,which controls large parts of Iraq
and Syria and which the Iraqi military is fighting to dislodge.

-Reuters